Sex Work and Migration in Europe

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An illustration featuring a person of colour with their eyes closed and a sad expression. Behind them is a ripped passport, chains, handcuffs, barbed wire interwoven with the trans flag, police sirens and street sign that says 'STIGMA'.

Amnesty International Ireland's sex worker rights campaign. Artwork by Tamara Jade Kaz.

In May 2019, SWARM hosted a three day festival to celebrate ten years of organising. This included panel discussions across a wide range of topics that impact on sex workers, and which connect and intersect with sex worker rights organising as well as broader struggles for justice. The conversations and discussions from that festival lay the groundwork for the Decriminalised Futures project.

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Sex Work and Migration in Europe (May 2019)

This panel examined the intersection of migration policies such as the hostile environment in the UK, the impact of strict border controls, and migrant sex worker experiences across Europe.

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Speakers: Mimi Aum Neko (STRASS), Amina du Jean Laura Watson (ECP), Alina (ECP), Belle (SWAI), Antonia (Hydra)

Credits: composition and mix by Sherry Ostapovitch, edit by Tamara Schreiber and Radio Ava, recording by Hollis Robin.

Imagining Feminist Futures is the 4th panel discussion from the SWARM 2019 Festival of Resistance.

The topics included:

  • Imagining Feminist Futures

  • Radical Transfeminist Activism

  • Cops Don’t Keep Us Safe: When Survival Is Made Criminal

  • Sex Work and Migration in Europe

  • The Impact of Austerity

  • Sex Workers of Colour Roundtable

  • (Resisting) Systems of Violence

  • Sex Workers on the Nordic Model

  • Artists Talk Bodies, Visibility, and Violence

  • Radical Histories: Exploring the Archives

  • Aesthetics vs Ethics: Expanding Definitions of Feminist Porn

  • How Do Disability and Sex Work Intersect in the UK Today

  • The Future of Work

  • Technology, Surveillance and the State: How We Resist

  • Examining Anti-trafficking Measures: Academic Perspectives

  • Researching Sex Work

  • Strength, Resilience, and Healthcare

  • A Decriminalised Future

Year: 2019
Type: panel discussion
Series: swarm festival of resistance
Subject(s): racism borders migration decriminalisation police labour rights violence lgbtq+